公开(公告)号：US20090293550A1

公开(公告)日：2009-12-03

申请号：US12476606

申请日：2009-06-02

申请人： James Betar ,  Michael Page ,  Vito Petrera ,  Diedrich Willers ,  David Spinelli

发明人： James Betar ,  Michael Page ,  Vito Petrera ,  Diedrich Willers ,  David Spinelli

IPC分类号： D06F39/04 ,  D06F31/00

CPC分类号： D06F31/005

摘要： The present invention is directed to a washing machine with improvements to the hardware for direct steam injection. One improvement is a steam delivery tube (herein called a sparge tube) that penetrates a side wall above the water level, but releases steam below the water level. One improvement is a steam delivery tube (herein called a sparge tube) that penetrates a rotating side wall above the water level, but releases steam below the water level. Another improvement is the use of a curved sparge tube that can conform within and between the contours of (typically cylindrical) rotating side walls. Another improvement is a sparge tube that releases steam in a direction at least substantially parallel to the central axis of the washing chamber. Another improvement is a temperature probe that penetrates a rotating side wall above the water level, but extends and measures temperature below the water level. A controller controls the open/shut status of steam valve. This controller uses the temperature measured by the temperature probe.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种改进直接蒸汽喷射硬件的洗衣机。 一个改进是穿透水位以上的侧壁的蒸汽输送管（这里称为喷射管），但是在水位以下释放蒸汽。 一个改进是穿过水位以上的旋转侧壁的蒸汽输送管（这里称为喷射管），但是在水位以下释放蒸汽。 另一个改进是使用可以在（通常为圆柱形）旋转侧壁的轮廓内和之间符合的弯曲喷射管。 另一改进是喷射管，其在至少基本上平行于洗涤室的中心轴线的方向上释放蒸汽。 另一个改进是温度探针穿透水位以上的旋转侧壁，但延伸并测量低于水位的温度。 控制器控制蒸汽阀的打开/关闭状态。 该控制器使用温度探头测量的温度。